David Fitzpatrick and colleagues investigate medical and nursing staff perceptions and experiences of the introduction of a pre-hospital sepsis screening tool (PSST) to expedite sepsis identification and care delivery

In a multicenter randomised trial conducted in the tertiary care setting, protocol-based resuscitation of patients in whom septic shock was diagnosed in the emergency department did not improve outcomes.

Abstract Prehospital staff have made a significant contribution in recent years to improving care for patients with acute coronary syndrome, multiple trauma and stroke. There is, however, another group of patients that is not currently being targeted, with a similar time-critical condition. This group of patients is those with severe sepsis and septic shock and […]